and humans. The Wolf eats
hoofed animals mainly,
in fact, 90%.
Nobody eats them for
real. Agents of the grass
rely on their contents.

-I arrive and I want to

Mute Swans eat snails, grasses
aquatic plants, waste grain,
insects and small water
animals. Their young are
preyed upon by raccoons,
mink, foxes, the wolves.

and something beyond the feed corn

planted there. Comes up and comes

around: grass and seed in the earth

are forces born to birth you

as you are born a force of birth.

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Ish Klein is the author of the following books of poetry, Union! (2009), Moving Day(2011) and Consolation and Mirth (2015) and the films on dvd produced by Poor Claudia, Success Window. She is a founding member of the Connecticut River Valley Poets Theater (CRVPT) and author of the plays, In A Word, Faust, Drummer 41 and The Orchids. Find Ish at Ishklein.org